San Diego State has told the Mountain West Conference it is planning to leave, but nothing is official yet, an athletics department official said Friday following multiple media reports.
San Diego State has not sent a resignation letter as of Friday and has until the end of the month to officially take that action, said Jamie McConeghy, senior associate athletic director of communications and media relations.
Aztecs officials gave the league written notice this week that the school “intends to resign” from the MWC. The withdrawal letter was dated June 13 from the office of school president Adela de la Torre, per the ESPN report.
SDSU needs to give the league one year’s notice in order to withdraw next June.
If it waits beyond June 30, the exit fee jumps from $16.5 million to nearly $34 million, ESPN and The Athletic reported.
Although San Diego State has long been linked to the Pac-12, the reports said there is no offer currently on the table from the Pac-12 or any other Power Five conference.
The program’s national profile reached a new peak in April when the Aztecs advanced to the NCAA men’s basketball championship game, losing to UConn.
–Field Level Media
